HELSINKI — Ashley Bartlette easily wins wife-of-the-year honours.
And her husband, Ryan Bartlette, has a lifetime to show his gratitude to his new bride, who gave him the green light to turn their honeymoon into a Winnipeg Jets odyssey.
The Brandon couple had much of their European vacation planned out early in the year, including a longer stretch in Iceland, but Finland wasn’t on the itinerary.
Then the NHL announced the Jets and Florida Panthers would hook up in the 2018 Global Series at Helsinki’s Hartwall Arena, and couple’s list of must-do activities changed dramatically.